Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The hottest new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity (coming soon). This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. The hottest new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 134

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. Toxic Business Press and Contradictory Government Incentives. While the government says they love startups, the first thing they did this year is raise the capital gains tax. Part 1 can be found here.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2011

. —— I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. a government that’s trying to help, but gets in the way. Government Funding: Tekes , Sitra , Finnvera , Finnish Investment Industry. 9-to-5 Venture Capital. Lack of Business Experience.

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Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 324

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The story starts with a company you probably never heard of – Engineering Research Associates. In January 1946, they founded Engineering Research Associates (ERA). Norris became the VP of Engineering, Engstrom the VP of Research, and Meader VP of Manufacturing. Parker agreed to invest. The company hit the ground running.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. The hottest new way of funding startups is to use online sites, like Kickstarter , to request donations, pre-order, get a reward, or even give equity. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From traditional equity VC, Flexible VC borrows the option to pursue and reap the rewards of an outsized exit. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. Equity Ownership. Yes, typically preferred equity. On average, founders own just 43% of equity by Series B , declining thereafter. Flexible VC 102: Variations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. Bartering services for equity. Small business grants. Startup incubators.

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Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 257

OnlyOnce

APRIL 23, 2024

Normally, I’m in favor of small government and fewer regulations, but this is one where I think the government has a legitimate interest in setting up guardrails to a free market. I love that the FTC just banned non-competes, as everyone expected they would.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. When the Chinese government censors (run by their propaganda department ) shutdown access to yet another U.S. And when the government tools to detect encrypted VPN’s get more sophisticated, (as it did last year), Chinese users just use stealthier tools.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 323

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ) Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Working for Equity Instead of Cash. has an article on service firms waiving their fees and instead taking equity in their clients. At the same time I had equity in a company that was in horrible shape with no hope of survival. Disclosure Policy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. Bartering services for equity. Small business grants. Startup incubators.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. When the Chinese government censors (run by their propaganda department ) shutdown access to yet another U.S. And when the government tools to detect encrypted VPN’s get more sophisticated, (as it did last year), Chinese users just use stealthier tools.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford's Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. A government that's trying to help, but gets in the way. Yet Tekes does that and is trying to act like a government-run Venture Capital firm. Thanks to Kristo Ovaska and team for the fabulous logistics!)

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Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. Bartering services for equity. Small business grants. Startup incubators.

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Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 164

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. That will take a long time to settle.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Here’s the punchline: if you run your company as if you have closed a VC equity financing round even though you actually closed a convertible debt round, you’ll be in much better shape when it comes time to raise your Series A financing. So why would you treat your debt investors (somewhat) like equity investors?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

It’s not a quick solution, but the government and other funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. Bartering services for equity. Related sources include local business development agencies.

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Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Venture Capital 149

Pascal's View

MARCH 18, 2010

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: Do you think than anemic IPO market will remain a deterrent to VC investing? equity markets. equity capital markets must be structured with the goal of promoting the growth of publicly held small businesses in America.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2013

It’s a model for a government program that’s gotten the balance between public/private partnerships just right. The program pays scientists $50,000 to attend the program and takes no equity. scientists and engineers we train as entrepreneurs and how many of them pass on their knowledge to students. Lessons Learned.

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Gust

DECEMBER 6, 2011

An experienced software engineer, for example, can develop a new mobile app with his or her own resources and market the product on the web with very little capital. Government Grants. $3 US Government. The following table shows these sources: CAPITAL SOURCES. ANNUAL US $$$. TYPICAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT. 50 billion. GEM Studies.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Engineering Serendipity Making real connections starts with having the right people in the room. We don’t know of any other location in DC or elsewhere in the country where multiple government innovation groups are colocated together with startups to create their own center of gravity. Wednesday, March 13 Every day 10:00am-5:00pm.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

In my interview with Errol, we discussed the origins of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps), how and why it was created, and how it changed the way the government commercializes scientific research. government needs your help,’ and I remember saying, ‘The U.S. government accelerator that takes no equity.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2022

The technology insights and expertise of Stanford Engineering. Our current approaches – both in the past and current administration – to innovation across the government are piecemeal, incremental, increasingly less relevant and insufficient. Integrate and incent the Venture Capital/Private Equity ecosystem to invest at scale.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 20, 2014

This cycle of demand creation and fulfilment is at the engine of the capitalist system. We need a strong response from government to address societal perceptions of unfairness and increase social mobility or I fear we will start to see great swathes of society taking to the streets in protest.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Unlike small business entrepreneurs, their interest is not in earning a living but rather in creating equity in a company that eventually will become publicly traded or acquired, generating a multi-million-dollar payoff. To date, Israel is only country that has engineered a successful entrepreneurship cluster from the ground up.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

They’re looking to be paid properly in the context of the overall salary structure, including cash, benefits, and equity, and to be paid commensurate with performance. Board and Governance issues arise from day one in most startups. One of my engineers once told me my favorite color was plaid. Don’t be the plaid guy.

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Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation. Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000.

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Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

We hope to change how people relate to their governments and social institutions. Over time, we expect governments will become more responsive to issues and concerns raised directly by all their people rather than through intermediaries controlled by a select few. We expect this trend to grow as well. They cannot be ignored.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

There is plenty of debate, however, over what drives that job creation engine in our country. 6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. government dataset compiled by the U.S. Private-equity and venture capital firms have been hard hit too. Of the 85 IPOs priced so far this year, only 28 are up.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Start-ups often hire at one extreme -- closer to a Lead Developer or VP of Engineering -- whereas corporates may focus on their CIO, which is potentially quite a different role. Hold responsibility for IT governance of platform & services, including telecommunications, networks, infrastructure, engineering, media, and architecture.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2014

They acknowledge that there’s great potential in the early-stage startups they saw across the region, after observing the strong tech ecosystems many Asian governments and society are building and getting to know the entrepreneur mindset of Asia’s startup scenes. But what about the rest of the world?

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In fact, I just did a case study on Coastal Contacts , a $150 million e-commerce company that sells contact lenses online and has built itself up largely by using inventory financing as opposed to venture capital and equity financing. Google Adwords advertising. That sounds great.

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Board Effect

MAY 24, 2022

Beyond supporting your current infrastructure, some technology grants support your nonprofit’s mission in other ways, such as providing funds for digital learning or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education. Nonprofits interested in breaking down digital equity barriers are candidates for a Verizon Foundation Grant.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.

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Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

To name a few: FFF (Friends, Family and Fools), Angels and “super angels&# , venture capital funds, government grants, incubators, corporate venture capital funds and more. That said, the more you raise, the more equity you have to give, but a good investor will offer you a fair deal where incentives are aligned.

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